James Shields Gypsy Queen Style.

I am a wee bit behind with my Gypsy Queen post,to be honest I have been flat out lazy recently. Anyhoo here is the Shields Gypsy Queen 2012 Collection thus far.  Starting with the plain base card. I am a big fan of the design of these cards,just a bit unsure of the grey border.

Card number two is the Game Used Jersey card,this is the full size card.I love the background of this card,the game could only have been played at the Trop judging on the massive crowd in the background.

 Thirdly we have the framed mini game used,same design as the full size card. Again not a big fan of the frame color.

 Fourth is the Green Border mini,one of about 50 different variants of the mini card. A really rather icky color green to boot,not my favorite mini card of all time that's for sure.

 Last but not least we have the Cyan Printing Plate of the mini variation card. I believe these came in a small separate box inside the hobby box,so they were short printed. I love a good 1/1.

Disco Joe A Big No No.

It was throwback uniform night last night at the Trop. The Tigers wore their cool 1979 uniforms,a uniform that has a history. The Rays on the other hand had the above uniform. As they were formed in 1998 it is a bit hard to do throwbacks,normally its a uniform of a long forgotten Tampa minor league squad such as the Smokers or Pelicans. Last night the Rays wore a uniform that was invented just for last night and what a wonderful sight it is, I only hope they never wear this again. If any of you are old enough to remember the 70's and early 80's I'm sure you will agree that baseball has no place for disco style shenanigans. Maybe next time a punk inspired uniform or better still a uniform in the style of Kiss complete with face paint. Who wouldn't want to see Maddon done up in the style of Gene Simmons?

Collecting The Laundry

This is my newest Shields card,a 2008 UD Ballpark Laundry Tag 8/8. This is the second one in my collection, so I am the proud owner of 25% of the print run. I love this set and the 2009 version,I hope Upper Deck can get back in the game at some point as they really could do the higher end as well if not better than Topps.

Hot Rods Ahoy!!!!

My newest piece of Goeddel goodness comes in the shape of this sweet 8x10 Bowling Green Hot Rods autographed team sheet. Picked up off ebay for a very good price. As well as Tyler Goeddel there are also autos of some of the Rays top prospects, including top hitting prospect Josh Sale and Ryan Brett. The Hot Rods play in the full season single A Mid West League and at the moment they are second in their division.

Spot The Difference.

Here we have my latest Tyler Goeddel additions,a pair of Panini Prime Cuts 2012 Prospect autos. The top one is the base auto numbered out of 299 and the bottom is the Gold version numbered out of 49. Can you spot the difference in the cards? Thats correct its the color of the writing on Prime Cuts, pretty crappy variation if you ask me, but hey-ho I like the styling and look of the cards and any Goeddel is a nice addition to my budding pc.

Tyler Goeddel Mail Week.

I had a bit of a crazy Goeddel week this week, first new card to appear was the Bowman Sterling 2011 auto, nice design as always but not the greatest picture.

The second card to arrive was this cool Donruss EEE 2011 Aspirations 10/100 Die Cut, a very nice card which was a very nice price, I am a big fan of Extra Edition cards and am always happy to pick up the rarer ones at a nice price. 

Card three was the little brother of the Aspirations auto,this one is the Franchise Futures auto 374/415 a very nice priced pick up.

Card four is another Extra Editon card, this time the yearbook version, this one is numbered out of 70.

Card five was another Panini card,this time a base auto from the Playoff Contenders set, a shame Panini used the exact same picture as the card above,but I can't complain too much. It's cool Panini bring out these prospect sets even though they're not licenced.

Last and by no means least is the Playoff Contenders Printing Plate 1/1 or 1/4 take your pick. This is my first Goeddel 1/1 and hopefully not my last.

If any of you guys have any Goeddel cards you want to trade away give me a buzz and hopefully we can work something out.

A Floating Head and An Asian Curio.

 A couple of new Shileds hit the door mat this week. First to arrive is this rather splendid Topps Heritage 2012 Sticker, there's just something sweet about a disembodied head. Strange but cool.

The second card to arrive was this rather nice Topps/Sega 2010 card from Japan. I have an inkling it's a type of game card but not too sure. All I know from the back is that Shields has a great change up.

I was fortunate enough to pay just .99c for this card,Tony the UK's biggest Adam Lind collector bid $10.00 on the Lind version and lost out. Is Adam Lind really that popular?